9/11 memorial twin lights remembering the twin towers! AKA Tribute in Light

September 11 2001 - September 11 2021
20 years have gone by. But we still remember. Just can’t forget.

These two lights lit up the skies of FiDi/TriBeCa neighborhoods of New York City starting a week or so prior to 9/11 every year.

[description courtesy: Wikipedia]
The Tribute in Light is an art installation created in remembrance of the September 11 attacks. It consists of 88 vertical searchlights arranged in two columns of light to represent the Twin Towers. It stands six blocks south of the World Trade Center on top of the Battery Parking Garage in New York City. Tribute in Light began as a temporary commemoration of the attacks in early 2002, but it became an annual event, currently produced on September 11 by the Municipal Art Society of New York. The Tribute in Light was conceived by artists John Bennett, Gustavo Bonevardi, Richard Nash Gould, Julian LaVerdiere, and Paul Myoda, and lighting consultant Paul Marantz.

On clear nights, the lights can be seen from over 60 miles (97 km) away, visible in all of New York City and most of suburban Northern New Jersey and Long Island. The lights can also be seen in Fairfield County, Connecticut, as well as Westchester, Orange, and Rockland counties in New York.

The two beams cost approximately $1,626 (assuming $0.11 per kWh) to run for 24 hours. The 88 xenon spotlights (44 for each tower) each consume 7,000 watts. As of 2011, the annual cost for the entire project was about half a million dollars.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for social distancing, it was originally announced that the installation would not light up on the 19th anniversary of the attacks in September 2020, for the first time since its creation. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo later announced that the state would provide health care personnel and supervision to allow the tribute to be held as scheduled.

[JusNiyaah]

This made me tear up because look at the lights, they reach for the heavens and our way of communicating to the people of 9/11 my father passed away in 9/11 so it brings me joy to see that

[roxystarlight]

A moment of silence and respect to those lost in this sad day of September 11, 2001

They'll always be remembered

[jaxson]

That's all the souls going up to heaven😢

[johnnyboy]

I wish I was back and this and the images of the old towers will be one of the only things that will make me cry because I’m from New York so this really fucks me up

[cashtherealsaint]

Never forget never forgive🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 us Americans can't agree on a lot of stuff but this is one thing that will bring us all together

[Futbyron_ES]

Brooo I wonder how it feels like living close to one world trade center and the 9/11 memorial lights

[killaronjones]

such an immense and unforgettable tragedy

[theomakesdumbvideosforfun]

Wow! Those twin tower pools seem like a beacon in the night!

[austinotero]

🇺🇸 this event is the reason im joining the military

[Nathan-Damarlane]

Silence and respect to all those lost, sad tragic story to September 11 2001

[baxterthebush]

May we rebuild and may we recover and may the grieving move on but let us never, ever forget.

[kStudios]

Respect to the twin towers and respect to the soldiers for fighting after 20 years 🫡

[kimwhitehead]

Im so sorry for those who lost their lives and for those who love them and a moment of silence and peace r.i.p

[melissawester]

I am literally in tears because my dad died in there and this reminds me of him:-(

[tomlyly]

I agree, a moment of silence of those who helped in this tragic event and those people who died . The youngest age was 3yrs old and the oldest was, 71. Its sad but we will NEVER forget this tragic, devastating moment R.I.P 🪦❤ Thank you to those who helped

[tomlyly]

For them but i hope that this will never be forgotten Thank You God for today

[shaamairaevans]

Every year to this day they do this I remember this day like it was yesterday going to Junior High School rest in peace cuz everyone that passed away that day😢😢😢😢😢

[Iibxrkendxrpy]

Question- y does the light go all the way up to heaven?

[aquaspaws]

I was never alive to see it, but.. Beautiful.

[michaeljacksonthetruthjuneth]

Yes I miss the towers they live on in our hearts ❤️